Student Question
Hello, Master. I remember when I first bought my home — I felt not only that I finally had a place of my own, but that I was absolutely certain the value would go up.
That was in 2020.
Then came the nationwide risk controls, and I felt like I’d been thrown off track.
Two years later, I relocated to a different city for personal reasons and started preparing to sell the property.
【Student Question】
Master Chi, hello. I’d like to ask you about something that has troubled me for a long time.
Why is it that sometimes we clearly know a certain action will do us more harm than good — yet we keep doing it anyway?
A few examples:
Say I have no appetite in the morning. I eat snacks for breakfast instead, and now my stomach is upset. I’ve been through this before, and I know the long-term consequence is physical discomfort — so why do I still choose it?
Just speaking off the cuff here. This is only for those brothers and sisters who can actually read the big picture.
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People have been asking me to weigh in on this: should you back the pro-opening side or the lockdown side?
Honestly? I’m with neither. Because if you’re past 30 and you still think this debate is about right versus wrong, that tells me one thing: you fundamentally don’t understand the rules of the game on this land.
Dear brothers and sisters — I hope your recovery is going well?
As for me, I’m mostly back to normal these past couple of days. There’s still a slight dullness in my sense of smell, but otherwise everything is fine.
In the days ahead, once I’ve cleared the pile of backed-up work, my priority will be sitting down with you for a proper conversation about what 2023 holds — both the broader national and global tide, and your personal fortune cycle. There’s plenty worth talking through.
The final chapter of the pandemic has arrived at last.
Especially with today’s supplementary eleven measures, alongside adjustments rolling out across the country, everything is sending us a clear and unmistakable message: from now on, each of us is the primary guardian of our own health. Our fortune and misfortune — we handle it ourselves.
That said, I personally carry no great fear in my heart.
Over these past three years, while the virus’s transmissibility has multiplied exponentially, its pathogenicity and lethality have weakened just as rapidly.
For the past few days we’ve been talking about the sweeping currents of the broader world. Today, let’s bring it back to earth and talk about something both you and I care about — a “small” but deeply personal topic.
That is: what mindset should we carry as we face an uncertain future?
After much reflection, I’ve decided to say everything I want to tell you in a short piece of writing. Remember this above all else: no matter how difficult the coming season of your life becomes — do not doubt yourself. Do not deny your own worth.
— Master Chi: In this world, you will encounter low points in life — that is perfectly normal.
After all, whose life runs completely smooth with no bumps along the way?
But if you find that you’ve been struggling for a prolonged stretch — romance fortune (桃花运) uncertain, wealth fortune (财运) twisted, nothing you attempt seems to pan out — then you need to pay serious attention.
Because this means there are at least one or two things in your life that haven’t been “set right.” And quietly, continuously, they are draining your efforts and wearing down your spirit.
From a young age, I understood this: life guarantees you an endless stream of trouble and hardship. There is no dodging it, no escaping it. So I never ran.
I didn’t simply “solve problems” either. I went after them — dragged them into the open, tore them out by the roots, and annihilated them completely.
Today? I carry a body full of scars, forged through a hundred battles. And those troubles? They now scatter at the sight of me, terrified before I even arrive.
Tonight’s article matters — I hope you’ll read it all the way through.
I want to start by sharing a message a long-time reader left me. It’s brief, but every line carries weight. More importantly, the question he raises may well be the very question you’ve been wanting to ask:
Student Question:
Master Chi, I’ve been a reader of yours for many years. The reason I’m writing tonight is that my spirits have been especially low lately — on one hand, I’m worried about the future; on the other, I feel lost about where my life is heading. Both feelings are tangled together, and I’ve barely been able to sleep for over a month now.
Though the exact timing remains uncertain, things will align with the arrival of the Lunar New Year — helping all of creation stir back to life, as spring blooms and the world grows warm again.
So hold on a little longer. Every thing in this world has its rhythm and its process. Take this year as one long hibernation — a deep rest and a quiet gathering of strength. The taste of warm spring is drawing closer, little by little.